The Emergence Machine

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the extent of space that is surrounded by boundaries

area.spatial · forms: area, areas

Examples

Emergence

from: space boundary extent surrounded
through: the boundaries together surround a piece of space

Chain to foundations

areaL5 area.spatial: the extent of space that is surrounded by boundariesspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasdifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.surroundedL4 surrounded.enclosed: A thing is in a space where boundaries are on all sides around it.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.sideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used bybuilt fromestateL6estate.property — a big area that has a boundary and has structuregeographicL7geographic.spatial — about a region or area of the worldregionalL7regional.spatial — of a region in a local areacountyL10county.administrative — a bounded area that is organized by local governance within a large statelandL10land.geography — matter together with a boundary forms an area of surfacecountryL11country.political — An area of space bounded by a boundary and containing a government and people.nationL11nation.political — a group of people who have a government and live within a bounded areaparkL14park.place — a large area of green space reserved for recreationareaL5area.spatial — the extent of space that is surrounded by boundariesspaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.boundaryL2boundary.limit — The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.extentL3extent.spatial — how much space matter hassurroundedL4surrounded.enclosed — A thing is in a space where boundaries are on all sides around it.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (8)

estateL6geographicL7regionalL7countyL10landL10countryL11nationL11parkL14

Relations

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Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6